UITableView Setting some cells as “unselectable”

Question

How can I set the UITableView\'s cell property to be unselectable? I don\'t want to see that blue selection box when the user taps on the cell.

Answer 1

To make certain row unselected you have to make some changes in two methods of UITableView delegate.

In the method below

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{

after allocation of the cell, write the code below

if(indexPath.row == someCellNumber) cell.selectionStyle =UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;

The above code will prevent highlighting the cell, if somehow user tries to selects.

in this delegate method below

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    [tableView deselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath animated:YES];
    if(indexPath.row == someCellNumber) return;

    //for other cells write the code below...
}

if you don't write if(indexPath.row == someCellNumber) return; row will still be selected and there is a chance of app crash